Obama said the health of the U.S. economy depends on containing the skyrocketing costs of health care. He has been meeting with key players in the health care debate all afternoon. We will bring you the latest at the top of our show.

In our second block, we will look at the increasingly loud debate over the Congressional earmarks and pork barrel projects. The House passed a $410 billion spending bill last week that is now being considered by the Senate. The measure has 9,000 earmarks (projects that didn't go through any review process) and will cost nearly $8 billion. We will identify the worst earmark offenders in the Senate as well as those Senators who requested zero earmarks.

Essentially, Chapman argues that President Obama is rapidly growing the size of government, whereas President Clinton shrank it. It's a bit unusual to have a conservative columnist praise Bill Clinton. But, it's an interesting point of view and criticism of President Obama. I'm not sure I agree with the criticism. But, it will be an interesting discussion. After Chapman, we will talk with our panel about the yearning for the Clinton years.

Speaking of weighing in, we are adding a new dimension to "Twitter time." In addition to taking your questions, we will also run some of the videos you like. If there is something on you-tube, or an animation, or late night item that you think we would like, send us the link via Twitter.

We will review the videos and run a few of them each night and get the review from our panel.

"Quote of the Day" from Nolan Ryan:

"Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent"

Thanks in advance for watching tonight's show. "1600" airs at 6 p.m. in Washington, D.C.; 5 p.m. in Chicago; 4 p.m. in Denver; and 3 p.m. in San Francisco.